The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-10
STILL OUT.
Progress of the Great Strike In New York
Thousands of Men Idle-Riot at Jersey

Progress OF the Great Strike In New York
Thousands of Men Idle-Riot at Jersey
City.
New YORK, Feb. Avery little freight is
being moved along the river front. Most
of the railroad piers on the west side are
still closed. The New York Central has
$50 men at work discharging a big float.
The company Is receiving all the freight Of
fered. but merchants are shipping no more
than most urgent orders, fearing delay.
The Pennsylvania railroad introduced 100
men on pier 5, but they were all green hands
who had never handled freight before One
gate was open yesterday morning and few
trackmen discharged several tons of freight
on the bulkhead. The Lehigh Company, at
pier =, did not open its gates, but some
freight was being handled on the dock. The
company does not, the agent says, feel the
inconvenience much. The New York, Lake
Erie & Western railroad put on a force Of
men in place of the strikers, and opened
their pier for the receip. of freight Very
little was received. On the steamship piers
there was much improvement, the freight
being moved by new men. At the Hudson
river freight depot gang Of Italians left
work and joined the strikers. The master
workman of the local assembly of Knights
of Labor called at the headquarters of
the Ocean Association and told the COM
mittee that seventy-ive Italians, who were
working as non-nniOn men, were willing
to strike if admitted to the union. The offer
was accepted, and the men struck. An Of
ficer of the Ocean Association says an Ital-
ian is paid two dollars head for supplying
men to steamship companies. The nom
union men on the Mallory line pier, who
struck several days ago, have joined the
union. Police Superintendent Murray has
taken vigorous measures to repress out
RACES. Police Inspector Steers has taken
charge of the police along the piers with a
large force of uniformed police under his
command. The pier fronts are practically
in state of siege. Thousands of police
have been massed in reserve at four different
points. Patrol wagons have been stationed
1t each place, so that the whole force can
be concentrated at any given point in a
short time. The 1000 men can handle
twenty times that number of rioters. Il
thousand more are in reserve at police
headquarters. Fully 100 detectives have
been detailed for duty alongshore, wearing
plain clothes. All the river stations report
half hourly to Superintendent Murray. Up
TO noon no trouble was reported. The su-
perintendent thinks he is able TO repress
any disorder or rioting that might arice.
Over 800 non-union men of every nation
atty were brought to the Pennsylvania
piers p and p yesterday morning. Twenty
negroes came out upon finding a strike was
in progress. They came under he impress
sion that they were to lay tracks. Fifteen
went over to the strikers, the others went
to Jersey City. Over 200 more were
kept on a tug boat and not allowed to
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pier yesterday for the first time during the
strike. The non-union men are boarded and
lodged on barge at the bulkhead. They
fear trouble on account Of the shooting af-
fray Tuesday night. At the Hudson River
railroad sheds at st. Johns Park, number
of men were brought into the yards in closed
cars to fill the places of the Italians who
Joined the strikers. They were not allowed
outside, as pickets of the strikers were
around. The police guarded them. The
freight handlers on the Baltimore & Ohio
pier 43, North river, left work yesterday
afternoon, being called out by delegates
The Republic, of the White Star line, and
the Erin. of the National line, could not be
loaded by green hands in time to sail yes
tcrday. The Morgan line pier is chOked
with freight and the gates are closed.
Green men began to unload the Helvetia
and regular non-union men are loading the
Cunarder Aurania. The Roanoke and
Breakwater, of the Old Dominion line,
sailed yesterday, but not with full cargoes.
A public meeting of business men has
been called to meet In Steinw ay Hall Satur-
day night to consider the cause and cure of
the wrongs which business men and others
are subjected to by the controversy between
the coal Transportation and other co mpamcs
and their employees.
THE FURNACE MEN.
PITTSBURGH, Feb. About $50 men en-
plOyed at the Spcarman, Douglous and Ma
bel furnaces struck yesterday for an adj
vance in wages of twenty-five cents per
day. The furnaces have all been left in
good condition and the men appear deter
mined and hopeful of getting what they ask
for. About 2O0 men employed at Hender-
son and Clair will probably follow suit.
DEMAND FOR AN INCREASE.
PITTsBURGE, Feb. Al he meters IN every
crucible steel works in the city have made
a demand for an advance in wages of fif-
teen per cent, the increase to take effect
February ID. If the advance is not granted
the men threaten to strike. There are five
cruclble steel works in Pittsburgh, employ
ing 5000 men.
RIOTING.
JERSEY CITY, n. j., Feb. 4.-During a riot
here last evening the strikers attacked the
Italians at tho Erie Railroad docks and
were repulsed by the police after a savage
onslaught with clubs, in which many were